Where does “millivoq” come from?

millivoq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic mikivoq, from Proto-Inuit *mǝkǝ-, from Proto-Eskimo *mikǝ-.

millivoq (Greenlandic): become smaller

Definitions

  1. become smaller

Ancestry of “millivoq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicmikivoqbe small
2Proto-Inuit*mǝkǝ-—
3Proto-Eskimo*mikǝ-—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *mikǝ- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *mǝkǝ- →Every word from Greenlandic mikivoq →